AMV Just for a Day

Best Drama @ Bunkasai 2008 AMV Contest
Best Drama @ Anime Mid Atlantic 2008 AMV Contest
15 out of 207 @ Japan Expo 2008 AMV Contest
Best Professional @ Metrocon 2008 AMV Contest
Best Romance/Sentimental @ Anime Evolution 2008 AMV Contest
Finalist in Video of the Year, Best use of Multiple Anime, Best Sentimental and Most Artistic @ VCA 09

Member: Funky-kun
Studio: Fastass MaaFackaz

Song: U2 - Beautiful Day

Anime:
5 Centimeters per Second
Air
Ashita no Kimi to Au Tame ni (~Till I Reach Your Tomorrow~) (Game)
Black Cat (TV)
Bleach
Ef - A Fairy Tale of the Two (Game)
Ef - The Latter Tale (Game)
Erementar Gerad
Eureka Seven
Fate/stay night (TV)
Full Metal Panic: Fumoffu
Fullmetal Alchemist (TV)
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Girl Who Leapt Through Time, The (Movie)
Gunslinger Girl
Inu Yasha (TV)
Kanon (TV - 2006)
Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien
Lunar Legend Tsukihime (Shingetsutan Tsukihime)
Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, The (TV)
Murder Princess (OAV)
My HiME
Naruto
Naruto: Shippuuden the Movie
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Open Your Mind (Movie)
Origin ~Spirits of the Past~ (movie)
Place Promised in Our Early Days, The (Beyond the Clouds)
Please Twins! (TV)
Shinigami no Ballad: momo the girl god of death (TV)
Trinity Blood
Wind: A breath of heart (TV)
Zero no Tsukaima

Participation:
Anime Mid Atlantic 2008, Anime Mid Atlantic\'s AMV Contest 2008 (2008-06-13)
Japan Expo 9ème Impact, Japan Expo International AMV Contest 2008 (2008-07-06)
Kumoricon 2008 AMV Contest, Kumoricon 2008 AMV Contest (2008-09-01)
Nan Desu Kan, ... »»»

Best Drama @ Bunkasai 2008 AMV Contest
Best Drama @ Anime Mid Atlantic 2008 AMV Contest
15 out of 207 @ Japan Expo 2008 AMV Contest
Best Professional @ Metrocon 2008 AMV Contest
Best Romance/Sentimental @ Anime Evolution 2008 AMV Contest
Finalist in Video of the Year, Best use of Multiple Anime, Best Sentimental and Most Artistic @ VCA 09

Member: Funky-kun
Studio: Fastass MaaFackaz

Song: U2 - Beautiful Day

Anime:
5 Centimeters per Second
Air
Ashita no Kimi to Au Tame ni (~Till I Reach Your Tomorrow~) (Game)
Black Cat (TV)
Bleach
Ef - A Fairy Tale of the Two (Game)
Ef - The Latter Tale (Game)
Erementar Gerad
Eureka Seven
Fate/stay night (TV)
Full Metal Panic: Fumoffu
Fullmetal Alchemist (TV)
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Girl Who Leapt Through Time, The (Movie)
Gunslinger Girl
Inu Yasha (TV)
Kanon (TV - 2006)
Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien
Lunar Legend Tsukihime (Shingetsutan Tsukihime)
Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, The (TV)
Murder Princess (OAV)
My HiME
Naruto
Naruto: Shippuuden the Movie
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Open Your Mind (Movie)
Origin ~Spirits of the Past~ (movie)
Place Promised in Our Early Days, The (Beyond the Clouds)
Please Twins! (TV)
Shinigami no Ballad: momo the girl god of death (TV)
Trinity Blood
Wind: A breath of heart (TV)
Zero no Tsukaima

Participation:
Anime Mid Atlantic 2008, Anime Mid Atlantic\'s AMV Contest 2008 (2008-06-13)
Japan Expo 9ème Impact, Japan Expo International AMV Contest 2008 (2008-07-06)
Kumoricon 2008 AMV Contest, Kumoricon 2008 AMV Contest (2008-09-01)
Nan Desu Kan, NDK Anime Music Video Contest (2008-09-12)

Software used:
Adobe Premiere Pro 7.0
Adobe AfterEffects 7.0
AviSynth
Virtual Dub Mod
MeGUI

Author's Comment:

The Idea, Song Choice

The concept of the video is exclusively based on the great song. I wanted to edit a video on this song for a long time, so around November 2007 I began preparations for the video. Until February 2008 all I was doing was collecting footage. I got all the anime on DVDs from all my friends and Crafty Shadow sent me some great footage from game openings. When I approached the critical mass of footage I started converting it in lossless (only the scenes I needed, because I didn't have the 320gb portable HDD I have now xD). Sadly, nearly 75% of the scenes I converted didn't get used in the video, because there wasn't enough time to show all the scenes.

Editing and Effects

The plan for this video was to flow with the song, without having any storyline. Beautiful Day is one of these songs, which have a great emotional impact on me and can change my mood whenever I listen to it. Although the song is overall happy and relaxing, it has some extremely strong moments when emotions overwhelm me every time I listen to it. I wanted the video to reflect these feelings. The scene selection is based on the lyrics and the video changes flow as the song does. Most of the time spent...